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Recession Crushes White-Collar Michigan

Layoffs, property price plunge leaves middle-aged workers in limbo

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2009 1:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Tens of thousands of middle-aged white-collar workers have been left jobless and stranded in Michigan by the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Auto industry veterans laid off by the Big Three are finding themselves competing against against younger people for a smattering of job...   Read full story »

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